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Homeowners Insurance Agent Directory

Aug 22 2005 // InsureMyHouse.com, an informational Web site about homeowners insurance, recently started an online directory of homeowners insurance agents. The directory started in Pennsylvania and is now open to all 50 states....

Hub International Acquires Blanchard Insurance Group

Aug 4 2005 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited is expanding its Southwest presence by acquiring the assets of Blanchard Insurance Group by Hub’s subsidiary, Talbot Agency Inc. Terms of the cash transaction were not...

Colorado Lawmakers Say They Have No Plans to Return to No-fault Auto

Jul 29 2005 // State lawmakers said July 27 they have no plans to return Colorado to no-fault auto insurance, but they questioned the savings claimed by state regulators in switching to a system that puts the financial burden for...

Hospitals Decry Switch in Colorado Auto Insurance Law

Jul 15 2005 // A coalition of Colorado health care providers says state hospitals are losing more than $80 million a year in revenue as a result of changes to the state’s auto insurance system.“The actual losses are probably...

Colo. Court Turns Down NHL Player’s Bid to Collect Disability Insurance

Jul 6 2005 // A Colorado court ruled that former NHL player Warren Rychel isn’t entitled to disability insurance for a hand injury he suffered in a 1998 brawl.Rychel, a former left wing for the Colorado Avalanche, sued...

PINNACOL ASSURANCE PRESIDENT PON TO RETIRE:

Jun 20 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced that President and CEO Gary Pon will retire this summer. Pon has served as the company’s CEO since 1986....

COLO. GOVERNOR VETOES NAMIC-OPPOSED BILL:

Jun 20 2005 // Colorado Gov. Bill Owens took a strong stand in support of tort reform and constitutional rights by vetoing a bill that would have allowed substitute service of process upon the Colorado Secretary of State, according to...

Ethics Panel Expands Probe Into Ohio Comp Bureau Investments

Jun 20 2005 // Ohio taxpayers may own 3,500 bottles of expensive wine and 265 illegal Cuban cigars found in the cellar of the suburban Denver home of a former employee of coin dealer Tom Noe. Authorities on Friday seized the wine,...

News Briefs

Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...

News Briefs

Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...

Acordia Names Eldredge Managing Director, Colo. Operations

Jun 10 2005 // Acordia Inc., a Wells Fargo Company, has announced that Chris Eldredge has accepted the position of managing director, where he will oversee operations in Colorado. Eldredge brings more than 14 years of experience in...

Ethics Panel Expands Probe Into Ohio Comp Bureau Investments

Jun 8 2005 // Ohio taxpayers may own 3,500 bottles of expensive wine and 265 illegal Cuban cigars found in the cellar of the suburban Denver home of a former employee of coin dealer Tom Noe.Authorities on Friday seized the wine, cigars,...

Colo. Governor Vetoes NAMIC-Opposed Legislation

Jun 3 2005 // Colorado Gov. Bill Owens took a strong stand in support of tort reform and constitutional rights on Wednesday by vetoing a bill that would have allowed substitute service of process upon the Colorado Secretary of State.The...

Moody Insurance Delivers $262,598 Cash Dividend for Workers’ Comp Program

Jun 2 2005 // Twenty-two Colorado companies are making a special trip to the bank today to deposit their share of the inaugural cash $262,598 dividend from the innovative Moody Select workers’ compensation program offered by...

Ohio Comp Fund Director Resigns Amid Scandal Over Missing Rare Coins

May 31 2005 // Ohio’s workers’ compensation director, once hailed as government’s “Mr. Fixit,” has resigned because of a growing scandal about the disappearance of about $10 million worth of rare coins the...

PCI SAYS INSURERS SURVIVE COLORADO LEGISLATIVE SESSION:

May 23 2005 // At the conclusion of Colorado’s recent legislative session, PCI said that the insurance industry successfully worked to preserve Colorado’s stable marketplace. Colorado’s insurance scoring law, which is...

News Briefs

May 23 2005 // JURY REACHES PARTIAL VERDICT IN EXECUTIVE LIFE CASE: A jury reached a partial verdict in the case involving the illegal takeover of failed insurer Executive Life Insurance Company on May 9, according to the Associated...

Dean Joins Pinnacol Board of Directors

May 19 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, a Colorado provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced that Bonnie Dean has joined its board of directors.Dean was appointed to the position by Gov. Bill Owens and will reportedly...

Colorado Legislature Protects Guaranty Fund Solvency, Viability

May 16 2005 // Colorado’s Legislature effectively killed three bills that would have adversely impacted the ability of the state’s Insurance Guaranty Fund to pay claims to insureds of insolvent workers’ compensation...

PCI Says Insurers Survive Colorado Legislative Session

May 10 2005 // In what best could be called “Survivor: The Colorado Legislative Session,” there were many twists, turns and surprises along the road to adjournment recently, however the insurance industry successfully worked...